diff --git a/modules/filesystem/btrfs/btrbk.lib b/modules/filesystem/btrfs/btrbk.lib
index f5cec92..39add74 100644
--- a/modules/filesystem/btrfs/btrbk.lib
+++ b/modules/filesystem/btrfs/btrbk.lib
@@ -72,9 +72,12 @@ echo making .latest symlinks in each destination
 for dest in $dests; do
 for snap in $latest; do
 # [[ -e $dest/${snap%%.*}.latest ]] && $dry_run_echo sudo rm $dest/${snap%%.*}.latest
-local cmd="sudo ln -srfn  $dest/$snap $dest/${snap%%.*}.latest"
+# TODO only do latest links for locally mounted
+if [[ -d $dest/$snap ]]; then
+local cmd="sudo ln -srfn  $dest/$snap $dest/${snap%%.*}.latest 2> /dev/null"
 echo $cmd 
-[[ ! $dry_run ]] && $cmd >&2 /dev/null
+[[ ! $dry_run ]] && $cmd 
+fi
 done
 done
 
diff --git a/modules/utility/copy.lib b/modules/utility/copy.lib
index 517d6cc..b0d6db3 100644
--- a/modules/utility/copy.lib
+++ b/modules/utility/copy.lib
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ EOF
         args+=("${@:1}")
     fi
 
-    [[ $DHOST || $SHOST ]] && [[ $sshargs ]] && args+=( "$(remove_end_spaces "-e '$(ssh -l "${sshargs[*]}")'")") 
+    [[ $DHOST || $SHOST ]] && args+=( "$(remove_end_spaces "-e '$(ssh -l "${sshargs[*]}")'")") 
  
 
   # assemble options